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OverviewThis book examines how pathologising ideas of failing, chaotic and dysfunctional families create a powerful consensus that Britain is in the grip of a 'parent crisis' and are used to justify increasingly punitive state policies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tracey JensenPublisher: Policy Press Imprint: Policy Press ISBN: 9781447325055ISBN 10: 1447325052 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 28 March 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction Mothercraft to Mumsnet The Cultural Industry of Parent Blame Parenting – with feeling Parenting in austere times: warmth and wealth Weaponising parent-blame in post-welfare Britain Epilogue: `Mummy Maybot’: a new age of authoritarian neoliberalismReviewsA timely, energetic, and engaging critique of the presumptions behind parent-blaming in culture and policy-making. Dr. Jennie Bristow, Canterbury Christ Church University A valuable contribution to the debate about the significance of 'parenting' and an educative case study in the social construction of the 'bad parent'. Dr. Jan Macvarish, University of Kent Author InformationTracey Jensen is Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Lancaster, UK. Her research interests are concerned with: the reproduction of inequalities and divisions through and across identity categories; policy and popular debates of social mobility and immobility; and parenting culture as it travels across different media and cultural sites and manifests in policy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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